Finance

The number of people employed by the print industry worldwide has shrunk by 14.8% since 2018, according to the latest figures from business intelligence service Smithers.

Lecta is planning to refinance in a move that will enable the business to fund its transition plans towards specialty papers.

Regional news publisher National World has stepped up its efforts to become the next owner of The Telegraph Media Group (TMG).

Compass Business Finance has made a new senior appointment in order to steer the company toward its future growth targets.

Designs Signage Solutions (DSS) has put £100,000 in research and development tax relief to work in developing 3D scanning and augmented reality software for its livery services.

A plateau in advertising spend in the UK has seen the industry’s income take a real-terms fall in the first quarter of 2023.

IG Design Group has agreed new three-year financing facilities with HSBC and NatWest.

Activist investor Crystal Amber Fund has called for the removal of De La Rue’s chairman and for a new director to be appointed chairman.

Swiss digital can printing start-up Nomoq will open a third European site in the UK, following its expansion into Germany in 2022.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget has been welcomed by British print associations as a positive step toward revitalising the UK economy, but not everyone in the industry is impressed.